“So I think this fight is not only for black people anymore,” Ali said. “I don’t think this fight is

As another state commission looks into what to do with Maine’s last youth prison, Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland, a group of system-impacted youth have some demands.

Young people who have been in Long Creek urge the state to invest in things like housing, education and after-school

Chief Justice Leigh Saufley tells the task force that the work of creating alternatives to incarcerating youths at the Long Creek Youth Development Center is unfinished business begun a decade ago.